Conference: Agenda

Full agenda coming soon.

9:00 AM–9:30 AM

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Alejandro Quiroga, MD, MBA, Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Steven Leeder, PharmD, PhD, Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Mark Hoffman, PhD, Children’s Mercy Research Institute

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Chethan Sarabu, MD, Cornell Tech

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

DATA MANAGEMENT

Moderator: Sharlee Climer, PhD, University of Missouri St. Louis

Prerna Dua, University of Missouri Kansas City

Alexander Alsup, University of Kansas Medical Center

Xing Song, University of Missouri

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

11:30 AM–1:00 PM

LUNCH & POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Poster presenters will provide a 30-second overview of their research to the entire group of attendees.

 

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

DATA VISUALIZATION

Moderator: Gayla Olbricht, PhD, Missouri S&T

Jorge Soberon, PhD, University of Kansas

Jianlin (Jack) Cheng, PhD, NextGen Precision Health, University of Missouri

PANEL DISCUSSON

 

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

BREAK

 

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

DATA ANALYSIS

Moderator: Laura Miller, PhD, Kansas State University

Sam Windham, University of Kansas Medical Center

Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi, PhD, Missouri State University

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

CAREER PANEL

Moderator: Randy Logan, PhD, BioNexus KC

Jamie Schwendinger-Schreck, Watchmaker Genomics

Dawn King, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center

Kimberly DeWitt

Abby Kietzman, Children’s Mercy

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

NETWORKING RECEPTION

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

7:30 AM–8:00 AM

BREAKFAST

 

8:00 AM–8:10 AM

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

Randy Logan, PhD, BioNexus KC

 

8:10 AM – 9:00 AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Paula Ehrlich, DVM, PhD, E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation

 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Moderator: Martina Clarke, PhD, University of Nebraska Omaha

Daniel Shank, Missouri S&T

Todd Bradley, Children’s Mercy

Sandra Langeslag, PhD, University of Missouri St. Louis

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

BREAK

 

10:30 AM–11:30 AM

IMAGE ANALYSIS

Moderator: Jenifer Allsworth, PhD, University of Missouri Kansas City

Erin Bumann, University of Missouri Kansas City

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

11:30 AM–12:30 PM

DATA APPLICATION

Moderator: Randi Foraker, University of Missouri

Jasmine Neupane, University of Missouri

Scott Younger, Children’s Mercy

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

12:30 PM

BREAK / LUNCH PICK UP

 

12:45 PM

USING HEALTH IT DATA TO RETHINK CLINICAL WORK AND PAYMENT

Moderator: Elizabeth Shaffer, Digital Health KC

PANEL DISCUSSION